Last night Petey's results came in from his Dilated Cardiomyopathy Mutation Test it was NEGATIVE. I was shocked and saddened. Shocked because I really expected him to carry at least one copy of the gene. Sad for all my friends who were elated when their dogs came back Negative. About 15% of the dogs that have DCM are negative. I sent a blood draw, so it can be used to further their study, to hopefully find more genes that cause the disease. It would be nice to know that Petey helped other Dobermans avoid this awful early death sentence.
